Neighborhood Soil Rebuilders

Neighborhood Soil Rebuilders Master Composter Training Course

The Neighborhood Soil Rebuilders training program is a community composter train-the-trainer program with a community service component. This program was developed by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and ECO City Farms.

The Neighborhood Soil Rebuilders course consists of classroom instruction, supervised hands-on training, implementation of a capstone project and independent projects/community service helping to advance community composting.

For the capstone project and community service components, participants engage in projects based upon their interests and the needs of the community they are serving. Potential projects might include building and managing compost bins at community gardens, schools, churches, or working at compost demonstration sites.

Successful completion of the Neighborhood Soil Rebuilders course will result in the receipt of a certificate and the option of continuing on to the Neighborhood Soil Rebuilders Master Composter train-the-trainer apprenticeship.

Browse our photo gallery below to get a glimpse of what are students a are doing class.

If you have any questions about this course, contact NeighborhoodSoilRebuilders@gmail.com

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ECO City Farms

ECO City Farms seeks to enhance food security, safety and access, to improve nutrition and health, to preserve cultural and ecological diversity, and to accelerate the transition to an economy based on preservation, recycling and restoration. We amplify community voice and engagement to reinvigorate the Chesapeake foodshed with sustainable ways of making food and money.

Who We Are

ECO City Farms is a nonprofit urban farm located in Prince Georges County, Maryland.